Contractor installs waste incinerator to save Hospital $650K

Journal Article · Mon Mar 10 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Energy User News; (United States)

OSTI ID:5909740

Poplett, J

The Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills will save $400,000 a year in avoided trash removal and $250,000 in avoided natural gas costs with a waste-to-energy incinerator system that burns infectious waste materials. Payback fro the $1.5 million system should be in about two year. The system processes an average of about 1000 lbs. of garbage an hour, or eight tons per day. Heat from the incineration generates up to 5000 lbs. of steam per hour for space heating and sterilization. Infectious wastes accounted for almost two-thirds of the centers trash removal costs even though it represents only a third of the volume. The system's design insures that all infectious substances are sterilized and are completely burned. Gases from the secondary combustion chamber go to the waste heat boiler to generate steam. A checklist for hospitals assessing the feasibility of a waste-heat incinerator appears on p. 4.

• OSTI ID: 5909740
• Journal Information: Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 11:10; ISSN EUSND
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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